Many thought it was Pauley's decision to exit her series regular role, but it's becoming clear that there is a lot more to the story than we already know.

For her part, Pauley has been teasing that something big went down ever since she exited the show.

“Maybe I'm wrong for not 'spilling the beans,' telling the story, THE TRUTH," she wrote after her departure from the series on Twitter.

“I feel I have to protect my crew, jobs and so many people. But at what cost? I.don't know. Just know, I'm trying to do the right thing, but maybe silence isn't the right thing about crime. I'm... Just... ?"

“There is a 'machine' keeping me silent, and feeding FALSE stories about me," she added in a second tweet.

“A very rich, very powerful publicity 'machine.' No morals, no obligation to truth, and I'm just left here, reading the lies, trying to protect my crew. Trying to remain calm. He did it."